Category: Soap Operas

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Eastern Federal Cinemas employees still living in their mothers’ attics and hoping Mr. Symon will promote them to assistant manager one day… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! A word of warning: The following conversation is not likely... Continue Reading →

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of women I dated and hated… and hated some more… in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! It’s only March, but I’m ready to declare Mark Svartz’s book – is it fiction? Nonfiction? – the craziest effing book of the... Continue Reading →

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of ambitious young men and women in the theater biz who are gonna live forever and learn how to fly… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! There is a first time for everything. First kiss, first bicycle ride… and, of... Continue Reading →

Today's Guest: Kim Zimmer, soap opera actress, "Guiding Light" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of elderly women who won’t give up their remote controls until somebody gives mouth-to-mouth to their afternoon shows… in the new new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! But a look at the... Continue Reading →

Today's Guest: Ken Corday, executive producer, "Days of our Lives" One of the many things that bound together the women in my family when I was growing up in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s was their shared love of network soap operas. KEN CORDAY podcast excerpt: "In 2009, NBC asked me to take an... Continue Reading →

Today's Guest: Ilene Kristen, actress One Life to Live If you’re on an airplane in the coming weeks and see Ilene Kristen engrossed in a bright and shiny new iPad, blame me. Kristen, who has starred on ABC’s "One Life to Live" as “Roxanne Balsom” since 2001, already has an iPhone. Last night, when... Continue Reading →

Today's Guest: Rib Hillis, actor, model Seriously, have you ever seen a prettier man than this guy, Rib Hillis? When I see him, I feel like I’m not holding up my end on the manliness scale. In point of fact, if he’s a man, I’m not sure what I am any more. God, this... Continue Reading →

Today's Guest: Walt Willey, actor, "All My Children" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of people who remember when soap operas were on the radio and television would never catch on... in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! During my brief flirtation with the ABC soap... Continue Reading →